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OSHA Injury Report: US Wire : Niles

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at US Wire : Niles in 1631 Lake Street, Niles, MI 49120 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was operator Machine in steel Wire Drawing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
US Wire : Niles
Parent company
National Standard, LLC
Street
1631 Lake Street
City
Niles
State
MI
ZIP
49120
On-site location
Number four strander

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

EE was Trying to show trainee how to keep tension on a finished reel to prevent loose wire. Trainee pushed a button starting take-up while EE was grasping wire crushing middle finger between two loops of wire. Will prevent further occurrences by better communicating when EEs when interacting with wire and when it is unsafe to move take-up.

What happened

EE was Trying to show trainee how to keep tension on a finished reel to prevent loose wire. Trainee pushed a button starting take-up while EE was grasping wire crushing middle finger between two loops of wire. Will prevent further occurrences by better communicating when EEs when interacting with wire and when it is unsafe to move take-up.

Injury or illness

Crushing injury Finger Right Middle Finger

Object or substance involved

stranded cable

Summary line

[REDACTED] pushed a button starting take-up while EE was grasping wire crushing middle finger between two loops of wire.

Employee and industry

Job description
Operator Machine
SOC code
51-4199 — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other
NAICS code
331222 — Steel Wire Drawing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
113
Total hours worked
244780
EIN
271494296
Establishment ID
115175
Employer case #
339

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
19FEB24:21:03:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.